Door-securer.



PATENTED JAN. 2,9-, 1907.

` H. R. PALMER.

DooR SEGURBR. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 9. 1906.

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DOOR-SECURER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application filed May 9.1906. Serial No. 315,909.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Door-Securers, of whichthe'following is a specification.

This invention relates to door-securers, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a portable device which may be readily carried in asuit-case or grip and which is especially designed for the use'oftourists and travelers, who need a reliable device for fastening andsecuring the doors of their apartments at night to prevent intrusion.

While the invention is especially designed for the use of travelers, itwill be apparent as the description proceeds that the door-securingdevice is also useful in residences for securing any or all doorstherein irrespective of the usual locks, which are liable to be picked.

. The door-securing device hereinafter described is readily applicableto any door. When properly applied thereto and adjusted, it will afforda positive means for preventing any one from opening the door.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of adoor-securer embodying the present invention and shown applied to adoor. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontalcross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevationsimilar to Fig. 1, showing the doorsecurer folded for use as a bumper orstop and also showing the device modified to adapt it to the use oftravelers.

The door-securing device contemplated in A this invention comprises,essentially, an abutment 1 and a brace 2, provided with a pivoted footor base 3. The foot or base 3 is shown in the form of a disk having arubber facing or cushion 4 applied to the bottom thereof, providing fora firm frictional contact and adhesion between the foot and the floor toprevent possibility of any slipping of said foot or base on the floorwhen the device as a whole is in use. The base or foot 3 is pivotallyconnected at 5 to the lower end of the brace 2, so that it may beadjusted to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for contact with thefloor or folded to the position shown in Fig. 4 to rest against theinner face of the door when not in use, thus allowing the door to befreely opened and closed. At its upper end the brace 2 is provided withoppositelyprojecting pintles 6, which are adapted to be slid upward anddownward in a suitable guide 7, provided at the top and bottom withlimiting-hooks or stop-shoulders 8 and 9, respectively, against whichthe pintles 9 are adapted to bear when the brace 2 is slid upward ordownward, as the case may be. The abutment 1 comprises, essentially, aplate which may be secured to the inner face of the door by means ofscrews or other fasteners 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and flanges 11,extending outward from said plate between which the upper end of thebrace 2 is movable. The flanges 11 also provide for the formation ofbearings for trunnions 12, proj ecting from opposite sides of the head13 of a cam-lever 14, the handle cf which ordinarily extends downward,as shown in Fig. 1, 1n which position the head 13 of the cam lies aboveand in contact with the upper end of the brace 2, so as to prevent saidbracefrom moving upward, thereby holding the base or foot 3 in contactwith the floor, the brace being thus securely locked by the cam-lever.

When the door-securer is not in use, the cam-lever 14 is rocked outwardand upward, which allows the upper end of the brace 2 to be slid upwardto carry the base 3 away from the floor, the base 3 being then folded torest ilatwise against the inner face of the door, as shown in Fig. 4.When the parts are adjusted to this position, the cam-lever 14 is againrocked to the position shown in Fig. 1, when the head 13 thereof willpress against the brace and sustain the same in its uplifted position.Instead of resting directly against the brace 2 the head 13 of thecam-lever may bear against a spring-shoulder 15 on the outer side ofsaid brace, said shoulder consisting of a spring having the free endportion thereof curved, as shown in Fig. 1, and arranged so that thehead 13 of the cam-lever will bear against the lower end portion of saidspring, whereby the brace is securelyretained in its elevated position.At a suitable point the brace 2 is provided with a combined handle andbumper or stop 16, which projects outward from said brace and isprovided with a rubber knob 17 at its outer extremity, the latterserving as a cushioning-stop for the door when thrown open.

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To adapt the device better to the use of l tourists and travelers,instead of employing fastening devices l0 for securing the abuti ment lto the door a stay 18 in the form of a l metal strap is connected at oneend to the I lower extremity of the abutment and is of l sufficientlength to extend downward to the l bottom of the door, where it isprovided with l an inturned toe portion 19, having at its extremity oneor more upwardly-projecting spurs or teeth 20, adapted to sink into thebottom edge of the door, as indicated in Fig. 4.

The construction just described enables the door-securer as a whole tobe quickly applied to any door and as quickly removed therefrom when nolonger needed. It will be seen that the more pressure brought to bear onthe door the greater the holding power of the securing device. Thedoor-securer may be made of any desired size and may be folded up andcarried in an ordinary valise or suit-case.' The cam or eccentric servesto force the brace downward wi th any desired pressure, and therebyforces the door Yfirmly against the stops of the door-frame and preventsan intruder from shaking the door, and thereby working the securingdevice loose.

l claim- 1. A door-securer embodying an abutment, means for fasteningsaid abutment to a door, a brace having means to engage the floor, and acam cooperating with the brace and adapted to hold the brace inengagement with the floor or out of contact with the floor,substantially as described.

2. A door-securer embodying an abutment, means for fastening saidabutment to a door, a brace having a sliding engagement with saidabutment and having means to engage the floor, a spring-shoulder on saidbrace, and a cam cooperating with said brace either to hold the same inengagement with the lloor or to sustain the same in an elevated positionout of contact with the floor.

3. A door-securer embodying an abut,- ment, means for fastening saidabutment toa door, a brace having one end movably associated with saidabutment, a floor-engaging base or foot having a jointed connection withthe opposite end of said base, and a cam cooperating with the brace tohold the latter with the base or foot thereof in engagement with thefloor or sustain the brace in an elevated position out of contact withthe floor.

4. A door-securer embodying an abutment, means for fastening saidabutment to a door, a brace having means to engage the floor, a combinedhandle and door-stop carried by said brace, and a cam cooperating withthe brace to sustain the latter in engagement with the floor or upholdthe same out of engagement with the floor.

5. A door-securer embodying an abutment, a stay for fastening saidabutment to a door comprising a toe portion adapted to engage under thebottom of the door, a brace having means to engage the floor, and a camfor forcing the brace into engagement with the floor and holding thesame, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I aihx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY R. PALMER.

Vitnesses:

Mrs. HENRY R. PALMER, VVILLiAM H. PALMER.

